Leaders: Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Bert Hixon, Barry Hershfeld
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Edwin B. Forsythe NWR: Wildlife Drive – 1:43pm
Overcast, windy with short, light shower. Good looks at multiple duck species. Distant look at Tundra Swans
33 species
Species | Count |
Snow Goose | 2500 |
Canada Goose | 18 |
Mute Swan | 2 |
Tundra Swan | 11 |
Northern Shoveler | 58 |
Gadwall | 35 |
American Wigeon | 12 |
Mallard | 36 |
American Black Duck | 180 |
Northern Pintail | 125 |
Green-winged Teal | 2 |
Greater Scaup | 30 |
Bufflehead | 55 |
Common Goldeneye | 1 |
Hooded Merganser | 5 |
Red-breasted Merganser | 1 |
Ruddy Duck | 30 |
Dunlin | 800 |
Greater Yellowlegs | 9 |
Ring-billed Gull | 152 |
Herring Gull | 250 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 4 |
Great Blue Heron | 8 |
Great Egret | 2 |
Northern Harrier | 4 |
Bald Eagle | 2 |
Belted Kingfisher | 1 |
Merlin | 1 |
Peregrine Falcon | 1 |
American Crow | 1 |
American Robin | 12 |
Savannah Sparrow | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird | 6 |
Edwin B. Forsythe NWR: Mott’s Creek – 1:43pm
Quiet, but able to find one Short-eared Owl and a couple of Northern Harriers. Also, a Pied-billed Grebe.
6 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 2 |
Pied-billed Grebe | 1 |
Herring Gull | 1 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 3 |
Northern Harrier | 2 |
Short-eared Owl | 1 |